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Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers appears on the Detroit Music Awards' quarantine stream on April 19, 2020.(Photo: Screenshot/NRM Streamcast)

Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, the Raconteurs and Greta Van Fleet snagged wins in the Detroit Music Awards' national categories, while country artist Julianne Ankley led the entire field with four, as the show staged its first-ever online edition.

"This was supposed to be much more fun than this," Kracker joked during a taped appearance. The country-rock singer-songwriter and Kid Rock collaborator had been scheduled to receive a distinguished-achievement award at the DMAs' Fillmore Detroit event, canceled last month amid the coronavirus pandemic.

After a home-recorded intro from Dick Vitale, the stream kicked off with video of Wayne Kramer's MC50 playing "Kick Out the Jams" in Detroit in October 2018. It was the first of several taped performances in Sunday's show, some of them new — such as Audra Kubat's "Oh Mother" video debut — with others drawing from older footage, including the Velvelettes' Motown 60 set at Orchestra Hall in September.

Sting presents the award for outstanding jazz instrumentalist (bassist Takashi Iio) on the Detroit Music Awards streaming show on April 19, 2020.(Photo: Screenshot/NRM Streamcast)

Apparent technical issues stymied many who tried to watch the program at NRM Streamcast, and some viewers turned to versions streamed secondhand by others on social media.

Back in the pre-coronavirus world, the DMAs were to have taken place at the Fillmore on Sunday, the 29th annual installment of an awards show that typically draws more than 1,000 local musicians and industry personnel. In the wake of the outbreak, the program was revamped into the stitched-together show that was webcast Sunday evening.

Alice Cooper capped the online show with a segment submitted from his home in suburban Phoenix, shouting out "to everyone in my real hometown, Detroit."

The Detroit Music Awards stream will be replayed on dates to be announced, with artist acceptance speeches to be edited into the final version.